Ian Dench

Ian Dench (born 7 August 1964, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is a British songwriter and musician.

Ian Dench was the guitarist and principal songwriter for EMF, who scored a major international hit reaching number 1 in the US with "Unbelievable" in 1991.

He is currently working with Amanda Ghost, with whom he co-wrote "Beautiful Liar" for Beyoncé's "B'Day" album and "Tattoo" for American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. They have been working together since 1995 when they started writing for Amanda's "Ghost Stories" album which was released in 2000 on Warners Brothers Records

Ian won his first Ivor Novello award for Beautiful Liar in the Best Selling British Song Category in 2008. He was nominated in the same category for Unbelievable in 1991.

Ian began his music career as a punk musician although his father, Harold Dench a classical guitarist, later taught Ian classical guitar. Ian was also a promising artist who dropped out of Ruskin Art College, Oxford University to pursue a full time career in music. Before EMF, he was a member of Gloucester based band Apple Mosaic who were signed to Virgin Records After leaving EMF, he found some independent success with the band Whistler signed to Wiiija Records. Whistler released 2 albums "Whistler" and "Faith in the Morning".Ian lives in London with his wife and son.